Advertising device.



G. TREFS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY15. 1913.

1,150,404., l Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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G. TREFS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIcATloN HLED 1uLv15, 1913.

1,150,404; Patented Aug. 17,1915.

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GEORGE TREES, OF JERSEY CITY, JERSEYQ ADVERTISING DEVICE. f

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. ill?, MM5..

Application filed July 15, 1913. Serial No. 779,073.

To'aZZ whom it may] concern Be it known that I, GEQRGE TRErs, a citizen of the United States, and residing at VJersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertlsing Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to advertising devices or apparatus, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class l which .is designed for use in connection with tramway or railway cars or other Imoving vehicles; a further object being to provide an advertising device of this class which will be attractive in appearance and which will command attention wherever it is placed, and with this and other objectsin view the invention consists in a device or apparatus of the class specified constructed and operat ing as hereinafter described and claimed.

My improved advertising device or appa-V ratus involves a suitable frame, support ory casing and a card or cards adapted to be mounted therein and provided with a design, picture, or obje'ct,'or the picture of a person, object or thing, part of which is movable and may be given a vib-ratory, oscillating orrotary movement by mechanism mounted in the lcasing and automatically operated by the movement of the vehicle.

. The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate p arts of my invention are designated by sultable reference characters inI each of the views, and in which "Figure 1v is a perspective view of my improved advertising device and showing the same tilted forwardly, and showing one of the 'cards' mounted thereon and lbroken awayg-Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section.

on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;,-Fig. 3 a front view showing details of the operative mechanism mounted in the casing;'-Fig. 4 a View similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modification ;-F ig. 5 a plan viewof the`construction `shown in Fig. 4;-Fig. '6 a view similar to Figs. 3 and 4, but showing anothermodiiication;-Fig. 7 a plan view of the .construction shown in Fig. 6;-Fig. 8 a partial section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 5 ;--Figs. 9,

9a and 9b are separate views of the corner l `portion of a card or cards which I employ,

and which are provided with letters and numbers which indicate the mechanism to be employed in the casing in connection with the particular card for giving the movable part of the figure, picture,- or the character thereon the desired movement Fig. l0 an edge view of the movable part of a card which I employ, and Flg. 11 a view similar ,to Fig. 1, but showing only a detail.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a frame, support or casing a which'is preferably oblong and rectangular in form and which comprises a front da back a3, a top a, a bottom a5, and ends a and a7, and the front ai' is entirely open and the back a3 is provided with longitudinal and parallel slots as, four of which are shown. The casing may be constructed in any desired manner, however, but the front thereof preferably consists of end and bottom cleats or strips a9, and I also provide one or more cards b which are adapted t be slipped downwardly into position in the front of the casing, as shown in Fig. 2, and which when in position entirely closes said front,l

top of each end portion is provided on the back thereof and above the top horizontal slot a8 with two similar scales a and w12, said scales preferably beginning adjacent to the outer end portions of the casing and extending inwardly toward the middle thereof, and these scales represent inches and fractions thereof, yand the numerals employed begin with three and end with nine, in the construction shown.

.Each of the horizontal slots a8 is provided at one end thereof, preferably the left end, with a circular enlargement als, and these.

horizontal slots are alsonumbered, l, 2, 3 and 4, as shown at a, and beginning with the top horizontal slot, the movable .parts or mechanism of the device or apparatus, which are placed in the casing, involve, in the`construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a block c one end of which is provided with a rectangular extension 02 adapted to be passed out through one of the slots a8, a bolt c3 adapted to be passed inwardly through said block and provided at its inner end with a thumb nut c4 and a pendulum c5 provided at its upper end with a horizontal rotary member c mounted' in keepers 07 and 08 and connected with the block c, and the front end of which is provided with a card attaching device consisting, in the construction shown, of a thimble-shaped head 09 which passes forwardly 4 in the-direction 'of the card b, and the pendulum 05 consists of a forwardly curved and downwardly directed arm provided' at its lower end with a weight 01.

rThe card b, shown in position in Fig. 1 is .provided at b2 with a picture or representation of a girl on the front of which is mounted a movable card member b3 provided centrally of the back thereof with a projecting tapered hub b4 adapted to be passed through be given anv oscillating movement, as will be readily understood, Aand this device or apparatus is mounted in a car or other vehicle and the movement of said car or other vehicle will be transmitted to the pendulum c5, A and said pendulumwill be given a more or less constant movement, and this movement as will be understood, will be transmitted to the parasol or rotary' member b3, and this will attract the attention of the occupants of the car or other vehicle.

It will be understood that any desired advertisement may be placed on thecard b, or on the rotary member or parasol b3, and an. attractive advertising device or apparatus v for any kind or class of vehicle is produced.

It will be understood that the extension c2 of the blockv may be placed in any ofthe slots as, and adjusted into any desired position longitudinally thereof, and said block .may be locked in any desired position of adjustment by means ofthe thumb nut c4.

In Figs. 4, 5 and -8 of the accompanying drawings, I have shown a mechanism dev signed to give the movable part of the advertising card a complete rotary movement in either direction, and. in this form of construction I connect with th'eblock c a U- shaped bracket d in which is-mounted a lshaft d2 with which thethimbleishaped head 09 is connected, and the shaft d2 is provided with a pinion als, and the rotary part 'c6 is mounted in the sides of the bracket d and provided with a large gear d4 which meshes with the pinion d3, and said shaft is also provided with a widened gear d5 and with a sleeve de having a raised support 037 to which ispivoted a pawl als which operates in connection v with the elongated gear d5, and which may be turned into different positions,

as shown in Fig. 8, and by means of this con-- struction, the swinging movement of the pendulum o5 will give the shaft d2 a complete rotary movement, and the position of the pawl da will determine the direction of this movement. Y

It will be understood th at the gears Zt and d5 are formed integrally or secured together, and that they are rotatable on the part c, and the sleeve IZ is secured to the part c, and with this construction the rotary member or parasol b3 would be given a complete rotary movement the direction of which would be determined by the position of the pawl d8. i

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a mechanical construction by means of which the rotary part or member of the advertising card may be given either an irregular rotary and osillating movement, or a vertical vibratory movement, and in this form of construction, the shaft d2 is provided with a spring e which normally holds said shaft in a predetermined position. The rotary part c of the pendulum 05 is provided with a widened gear (Z5 the same as in Fig. 5, and said rotary member is also provided with the support/d7 and pawl ds which operates in connection with the'gear d5, and said gear d5 is loosely mounted on .the part c6. In this form of construction a shaft f is mounted parallel With the rotary member, shaft or part c6 of the pendulum and is provided with a pinion f2 which meshes with the gear d5, and one end of the shaft f is provided with a cam f3 -which is `preferably diamond-shaped in form, and mounted on the shaft d2 inwardly of the thimble-shaped head 09 thereof is an arm "g adapted to turn with the shaft d'and with this construction, the swinging or loscillating movement of the pendulum willV give to the shaft (Z2, -the head 09 of said shaft, Vand I the arm 'g an oscillating movement, the movement of the shaft cl2 and thelhead c being an oscillating rotary movement, and the movement of the arm g a vertical vibratory or oscillating movement, and in order to provide the vertical vibratory movement referred to, the arm g is provided at one end with a supplemental thimble-shaped head g2 to which the movable parts are secured the same as to the thimble 09.

l In Figs. 9, 9a and 9* I have shown the corner portion of av card b, or corner portions of cards b, as may be desired, and in Fig. 9 the part of the card shown bears the characters A, 3, R and 5, in the order named, while the card shown in Fig. 921 bears the characters B, 3, R and 5, in the order named, and the card shown in Fig. 9b bears the characters C, 3, R and 5 in the order named.

Ashereinbefore stated, the block c which bears the automatically operated mechanism of the device may be mounted in either of the longitudinal slots a8 in the back of the casing and may be adjusted to any desired position 'in either of said slots longitudinally of said casing, and in the use of this device, a party placing the card b, shown in Fig. 9, in the casing will note the first character A, which character informs the vsaid party that he is to use the oscillating rotary movement, or that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the second character, 3, determines the space in which the above named construction, or movement, is to be placed, and the .third and fourth characters R-5 will inform the said party that he should place the saldconstruction, or movement, five inches from the right in the space numbered 3.

3In other words, the characters A, 3, R-5

" aid a party in properly placing 0r assembling the parts of the device or apparatus.

The card in Fig. 9&or the character B thereof informs the said party that the movement or construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is to be used, or a complete rotary movement obtained. The card shown in Fig. 9b or the character C thereof informs the said party that the movement or construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is` to be used or a rotary oscillating movement 0btained, or a vertical vibratory movement, as desired, and it will be understood that the characters 3, R and 5 in Figs. 9? and 9b will necessitate n o change in the placement of girl with a parasol, as the movable part, and said part may be given, with the construction shown, an oscillating or rotary movement, and in order to give said part a vibratory movement, all that is necessary is to provide the same with an elongated slot through which the connecting element will pass.

It will be understood that my invention iswithout departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is g- 1. An advertising device for use in connection with railway cars or other vehicles comprising a frame, the back of which is provided With longitudinal slots, an advertising card detachably mounted in the front of said frame and provided with a4 movable part, a pendulum support adjustable in one of said slots, a pendulum suspended in connection with said support, and means whereby the movement of said pendulum will be transmitted to the movable part 'of the advertising card.

said different mechanical movements, but

should it be desired to place either of the movements A, B, C, in either of the other spaces, namely l, 2 and 4, the second character '3 should be changed, and if the movement should be placed five inches from the left or any other distance right or left, other than that shown on the cards in Figs. 9, 9a and 9b, namely R-5, the said characters R and 5 l will bey correspondingly changed.

Although I have ,stated in the above paragraph that either one of the movements may be applied to the movable member ofthe advertising card or element, it'must be understood that the advertising card or element may have a picture of any thing or object, or combination of things 0r objects, a part or parts of which are movable and said part or parts may be given different movements or combination movements, all of which will be made possible bymeans of theslots in the back of the frame and the nu- 2. In an advertising device, a framea pendulum support detachabl mounted therein and adapted to be move into different positions, a pendulum suspended from said support, a movable attaching device in operative connection with said pendulum, and a card member detachably connected with said attaching device.

3. Inan advertising device, a frame, au

` advertising carddetachably mounted in the front thereof and composed of' separate parts one of which is movable, a pendulum support detachably mounted'in said frame and adapted to be moved into different positions, a pendulum suspended from said support,'and a movable attaching device in operative connection with said pendulum, the movable card member being provided with means whereby it may be detachably connected With said attaching device.

4. In anadvertising device, a frame, an advertising card detachably mounted in the front thereof and composed of separate parts one of which is movable, and a pendulum adjustably supported in said frame and adapted to operate said movable part.

5. In an advertising device, a frame, an

4front thereof and composed of separate advertising card detachably mounted in the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in 10 parts one of which is movable, a detachable presence of the subscribing Witnesses this pendulum support connected With said 12th day `of July; T913.

frame and adapted to be moved into diier- GEORGE TREES.

ent positions, a pendulum suspended from Witnesses said support, and means whereby said EDWARD E. GOODWIN, pendulum Will opera-te said movable part. WILLIAM C. NOLAN, Jr. 

